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In the City they hope to vaccinate everyone over 70 in a week and then enroll those over 60

2021-04-09T10:02:17.488Z


They started on Wednesday with those between 70 and 74. They claim that they have the doses to complete the group. How are shifts assigned?


Sebastian Clemente

04/08/2021 18:20

  • Clarín.com

  • Cities

Updated 04/08/2021 19:02

Those

over 70 have

already begun to be vaccinated in the City.

And next week they could start

with those over 60

.

This arises from the figures released by the Buenos Aires Government, after the press conference in which the Head of Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, assured that on Friday of next week all Buenos Aires citizens who have more than 70 could have their first dose applied. years.

Some

50,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine are

expected in the City

.

They are part of the batch that arrived in the country last week and the national government is finishing distribution.

With that amount, Buenos Aires sources say, it is

enough

to complete the applications among all those registered so far.

The question immediately arises about

what will happen to those over 60

, the group that follows according to the national and Buenos Aires schedule.

The registration opening would be next week

, as long as the arrival of more vaccines is confirmed, which could be those from Astrazeneca that are produced in part here and also in Mexico.

As it happened with those over 70, they will

first

write

down those between 65 and 69

and then those

between 60 and 64.

Although in the next stage that appears in the schedule is the "strategic personnel", among whom are the

teachers

, it is very likely that the City will prioritize

those under 60 who have risk factors.

Shift assignment


Among many people who wait to receive their doses, the question arises about

what the mechanism of allocation of shifts is like.

From the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health they explained to

Clarín

that the

order of registration of people

is followed

.

They also assured that a total of

six contacts

are attempted

.

If they are unsuccessful, that person moves to the queue and is tried again when previous shifts are assigned.

Until this Thursday afternoon, in the City

127,791 adults over 80

years old and had been vaccinated.

There is still a small group, as reported from the Ministry of Health.

On the other hand, there are

65,961

people between 70 and 79 years old who have already received their first dose.

And also

12,859

nursing home residents.

They all received

Covishield from Oxford-AstraZeneca, Sputnik-V or Sinopharm vaccines.

The head of the Buenos Aires government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, said that next week the City could finish vaccinating those over 70 years of age.

Photo: Luciano Thieberger

Health personnel and teachers


The first stage of the Buenos Aires government's vaccination schedule began on December 29 with

health personnel.

According to official figures, so far


164,513 people received the first dose of Sputnik-V or Sinopharm, while 80,701 completed the immunization with the second component.

In addition,

15,852 people

were vaccinated with one dose

, including managers, teachers and non-teachers of the initial and primary levels of the lower grades.

The City used doses of the vaccine from the Chinese laboratory Sinopharm, which at that time were not approved for people over 60. At first, despite the indication of the national government to vaccinate teachers from all over the country, in the Capital they assured that they were going to respect the

original vaccination plan.

But then they applied the doses to a small group of teachers.

For the future it is not clear if, once they finish with those over 60, they will continue with the teachers or if, instead, as it transpired in recent weeks, they will prioritize

those who have previous illnesses. 

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